Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SHOPTALK
Etymology
Noun
shoptalk (countable and uncountable, plural shoptalks)
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
Anagrams
• talk shop, talkshop
Source: Wiktionary
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